K-State Research and Extension News

Agriculture Today Radio Program Thursday, October 4

Conservation program specialist Carla Wicoff of the Farm Service Agency outlines the details of the USDA's Emergency Conservation Program, which has just been cleared to provide cost-share assistance to Kansas livestock producers for developing and managing alternate water resources, in the midst of the ongoing drought

The chief water engineer with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, David Barfield, gives a progress report on the first Local Enhancement Management Area for groundwater conservation that's being established in northwest Kansas, as one of the newly-approved approaches to preserving irrigation water resources in the state

Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman reports on the agricultural trade delegation he recently headed up to China and South Korea, where Kansas producers were able to learn more about the trade opportunities in those two countries

And for this week's horticulture segment, K-State horticulturistDennis Patton goes over a fall lawn maintanence checklist

Agriculture Today is broadcast each weekday morning at 10:00 on KFRM Radio, Clay Center (550 AM) and KLOE Radio, Goodland (730 AM), which collectively reach 75 counties in Kansas, parts of southern Nebraska, eastern Colorado and northern Oklahoma...the broadcast can also be heard over the K-State Radio Network website. Also see the Agriculture Today archives.

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